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XDSpy APT remained undetected since at least 2011

Security Affairs

Researchers from ESET uncovered the activity of a new APT group, tracked as XDSpy, that has been active since at least 2011. XDSpy is the name used by ESET researchers to track a nation-state actor that has been active since at least 2011. The post XDSpy APT remained undetected since at least 2011 appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Lenovo Solution Centre flaw allows hacking Windows laptop in 10 minutes

Security Affairs

Security experts at Pen Test Partners (PTP) discovered a privilege-escalation vulnerability in Lenovo Solution Centre (LSC) that exists since 2011. The task created by the LSC runs the LSC.Services.UpdateStatusService.exe binary 10 minutes after a login event. ” read the security advisory published by Lenovo. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Who Stole 3.6M Tax Records from South Carolina?

Krebs on Security

Questions about who stole tax and financial data on roughly three quarters of all South Carolina residents came to the fore last week at the confirmation hearing of Mark Keel , who was appointed in 2011 by Gov. State officials said they found out about the hack from federal law enforcement on October 10, 2012. Who is Rescator?

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Predictions 2011

John Battelle's Searchblog

Let me know your thoughts in comments, and have a great 2011! The public markets will be surprisingly open to major new Internet deals, despite the current rise of " private IPOs " and the growing belief that the IPO process is broken. In the end, there's just too many good reasons for public companies to be, well, public. See Gurley ).

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2011 Predictions: How Did I Do?

John Battelle's Searchblog

2011 was a strange year in many ways. Score: 7 of 10. . Score this a 9 out of 10 (because Siri, while very important, is still not as good as it can be. Score: 8 of 10. Score: 10 of 10. Score: 7 out of 10. Score: 6 of 10. But it’s at the early stages at this point.

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The Link Between AWM Proxy & the Glupteba Botnet

Krebs on Security

AWMproxy, the storefront for renting access to infected PCs, circa 2011. In 2011, researchers at Kaspersky Lab showed that virtually all of the hacked systems for rent at AWM Proxy had been compromised by TDSS (a.k.a Over the past decade, both Glupteba and AWM Proxy have grown substantially.

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US Treasury FinCEN linked $5.2 billion in BTC transactions to ransomware payments

Security Affairs

billion worth of Bitcoin transactions likely associated with operations of top 10 most commonly reported ransomware variants. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has identified approximately $5.2 ” reads the report published by FinCEN.